veetrag on April 11th, 2010

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.                                         – Douglas Adams It’s been twenty months since I landed in US and just over a month left before I leave. Planning to come here has been going on for much longer, [...]

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veetrag on February 6th, 2010

Today I watched Food, Inc. and that triggered this post. Coming from India I see food in a different perspective, a nation where poverty is the main problem and almost half of the population struggles to get both meals a day. A country which has the highest malnutrition (215+ million people) in world, food to [...]

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veetrag on January 22nd, 2010

There are two quotes from the movie ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ about hope that sometimes help me and sometimes makes me nervous. First quote Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. -Red and second one ..hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. -Andy [...]

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veetrag on January 12th, 2010

This afternoon I had a nightmare and woke up with panic. This was because of a comment made by a friends few weeks back. [Some content removed. Yes, I am breaking bloggers promise but privacy comes first]. I always try to avoid such situation when on other side. I would never like to say anything [...]

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veetrag on January 2nd, 2010

2009 has been a wonderful year, completing two semesters (MBA Friends, Fall 2009), internship (Baroda et al), a trip to Florida(Disney) and Wisconsin (Midwest), and nice vacation at home. As from links above you can see all have been blogged. Now time for promises I made last year and how did it go? Take YAP [...]

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veetrag on December 27th, 2009

Disclaimer: This post is just about observations, not to judge any person, place or country. Its just my curious nature that is making me write the post, no other intention. These are personal observations, your experience may vary. When I moved to US for my MBA, I could feel a lot of difference in every [...]

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veetrag on December 24th, 2009

Exams are over, projects are complete, presentations completed and grades are in, that means finally the time of year I have been waiting for. This has been a tough semester considering the time and effort that needed to be put in. I took some extra credits following my motto of ‘learning’ but it showed me [...]

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veetrag on August 26th, 2009

Few days back my mother asked me a question “Since your sister and other cousins are ready to get out of house and face the real world, what is the one thing that would you ask them to do (or not do)? What is the most important lesson you have learned in last 8 years?” [...]

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veetrag on August 3rd, 2009

Planck was often unlucky in life. His beloved first wife died early in 1909, and the younger of his two sons was killed in the First World War. He also had twin daughters whom he adored. One died giving birth. The surviving twin went to look after the baby and fell in love with her [...]

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veetrag on July 29th, 2009

After reading the salary, I’ve decided that I must refuse. The reasons I have to refuse a salary like that is I would be able to do what I’ve always wanted to do — get a wonderful mistress, put her up in an apartment, buy her nice things. . . . With the salary you [...]

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